Data processing apparatus with combined voice sound reproducing device and visual display

Abstract

A voice sound producing electronic data processing apparatus has an electronic data processing main body, a visual display device and a voice sound outputting device having at least one loudspeaker. The voice sound outputting device is coupled to the display device and both are rotatably supported on the electronic data processing main body through a support part having a rotating mechanism such that the loudspeaker and the display device always face in the same direction.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A voice sound producing electronic data processing apparatus comprising in combination: a main body including a keyboard and a central processing unit coupled to said keyboard;   a sub-body including a display device and a voice sound outputting device; said display device having a visual display surface and displaying input data keyed in from said keyboard and operation result data resulting from an arithmetic operation performed by said central processing unit; and said voice sound outputting device having a loudspeaker which is fixed with said display device such that said loudspeaker faces in the same direction as said visual display surface and means coupled to said loudspeaker and being responsive to said input data and operation result data for generating said input data and operation result data as respective voice sounds from said loudspeaker; and   supporting means for rotatably supporting said sub-body on said main body, said supporting means including a supporting column provided on said main body.   
     
     
       2. The voice sound producing electronic data processing device according to claim 1, wherein said sub-body comprises a first body carrying said display device, and a second body which is detachably coupled to said first body, said second body carrying said voice sound outputting device, said visual display surface and said loudspeaker facing in the same direction when said first and second bodies are coupled together. 
     
     
       3. The voice sound producing electronic data processing device of claim 2, wherein said supporting column rotatably supports said first body on said main body, and second body is detachably coupled to said first body. 
     
     
       4. The voice sound producing electronic data processing device of claim 1, wherein said supporting column is fixedly mounted on said main body, and said sub-body is rotatably mounted to said supporting column. 
     
     
       5. The voice sound producing electronic data processing device according to claim 4, wherein said supporting column is an elongated upwardly extending column which extends sufficiently upward to support said sub-body above the uppermost surface portions of said main body. 
     
     
       6. The voice sound producing electronic data processing device according to claim 1, wherein said supporting column is an elongated upwardly extending column which extends sufficiently upward to support said sub-body above the uppermost surface portions of said main body.